I totally understand where you guys are coming from, but
take a look at this picture that I found on another board (hope she
won't mind). This lady chose not to cut her hair even though it was
little see through and look at how beautiful and thick it looks one
year later.

I am not being mean or anything, her hair is totally gorgeous, but it
seems to be about the same length or two inches longer, are you sure
that she did not cut ?

Personally, i would not cut my hair if it was looking thinner than
usual. Actually in May when i was doing utter crap to my hair, it
started to thin like whoa, so i kept my hair up and stuff and it got
better. But if i had like serious strandy ends, they would have to go

The no-heat, airdrying, and ending the overprocessing thickened her hair up, not the no-trimming.....I will go thru my twists and if there is a knot or a strand longer than the other, off it goes. I never trim all my hair at one time, except when I was relaxed....But when my hair was relaxed, if I blowdried, flat-iron and wrapped my hair it would be flat like that, but if I airdried, I have a 'fro, so my hair would look thicker.....I'm just saying....Trim or don't trim, it's up to the individual....

To me, the notion of "healthy" see-thru ends is a bit of an oxymoron. I'm more of a "get it over with" so if I know the ends will have to eventually go, why delay the inevitable.

As for the lady, I'm with plastic. Her hair only looks a little bit longer, so while she didn't do a BC, she definitely did some aggressive trimming. So her ends in the second pictures where probably about earlength in the first picture and because she started taking better care of her hair, they never thinned out.

I trim about 1/4 an inch of hair every 3 months for neatness. I cut my hair in Nov. to even it out and it's at least 2.5 inches longer this month (update tomorrow). A trim or chop will not kill your progress. I'll cut whatever is necessary to keep my hair looking good, even and healthy. it's just hair it will grow back.

Actually I agree with you. I think dusting and 'search and destroys' are better than a BC IF you don't have ridiculous stragglers or the kind that are from bad old relaxer dry ends. I have see-thru stragglers in the front and I am just going to have her angle my front to get rid of it. The back only needs about 1/4 to 1/2 inch of a trim, and I want her to follow the V formation which is the way hair tends to grow in the back.

I also pay my stylist a lot like Wifey because it encourages them to do what you want to keep you coming back. I am tempted to just do a major dusting myself, but can't see the back well enough. I think I could angle the front, but I know that it will look much better by the stylist.

i was one of those ppl who wanted to hang on to my hair...but honestly, it just didn't look good..eventhough i did not wear my hair dwn..it just looked ummm...nasty...any who..i chopped...and i am soo much happier ...i realized that it was only hair, and it would grow back..better:

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